✿Santalaceae · Scleropyrum
Benduga / Hard Pear Tree
Scleropyrum pentandrum
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Scleropyrum pentandrum
- Genus
- Scleropyrum
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests and also in the sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Santalaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Local Names
- Tamil
- இருமுல்லி Irumulli
- Kannada
- ಬೆಂಡುಗ Benduga, ಬೊಡ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹಲ್ಲು Bodlige Hallu, ಬೋಡುಳಿಕೆಹುಲ್ಲು Bodulike Hullu
- Malayalam
- ഇരുമുള്ളി Irumulli
- Marathi
- कुक्कुरदंत Kukkuradanta
About Benduga
Hard Pear Tree (Scleropyrum pentandrum) is a tree in the Santalaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests and also in the sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Botanical family
Santalaceae
Sandalwood Family
Benduga belongs to the Santalaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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